Category Archives: Africa

From talking to creating jobs for Africa’s youth

Posted on 10 November 2017 by GEM Report

By John Mugo, Director of Youth and Talent, ZiziAfrique The inaugural Africa Talks Jobs (ATJ) conference has just ended at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. This was an African Union-European Union (AU-EU) bilateral conversation to highlight that 2017 … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Skills, Uncategorized | Tagged Africa, jobs, skills, skills training, Target 4.4, youth skills | 3 Comments

Learning to realize education’s promise – a look at the 2018 WDR

Posted on 28 September 2017 by GEM Report

For the first time in forty years, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR), released on Tuesday, focuses exclusively on education. We are pleased to see its core messages resonating so well with our past reports, especially the 2013/4 EFA … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Africa, Basic education, Learning, Literacy, Quality of education, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged education, learning, Quality of education, world bank | 2 Comments

Liberia’s children deserve the best education

Posted on 24 July 2017 by GEM Report

By: Dr. Saaim W. Naame, Dean of Education at the University of Liberia. Over the last twenty years, the people of Africa’s first modern republic, Liberia, have been through two civil wars and a major virus epidemic. The wars caused … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Africa, Equality, Equity, Primary school, private schools, private sector, privatisation, Uncategorized | Tagged Bridge Academy, liberia, primary education, private schools, privatisation, PSLs, quality education, SDG4, SDGs | 2 Comments

Partnerships with non-state providers need to be approached with caution

Posted on 17 July 2017 by GEM Report

By Alina Lipcan and Ian MacAuslan Low levels of learning globally make for one of the most sobering statistics in education. In 12 out of 13 countries in South-Eastern Africa, fewer than 40% of students had mastered basic numeracy and basic … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Africa, Basic education, private schools, private sector, privatisation, Quality of education, Uncategorized | Tagged Bridge Academy, DFID, education, learning, private school, private schools, privatisation, quality education, SDG4 | 2 Comments

For Africa to achieve inclusive growth, it will need to learn how to get there

Posted on 4 May 2017 by GEM Report

The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa is taking place in Durban, South Africa this week under the theme ‘Achieving inclusive growth: responsive and responsible leadership’. The current prosperity enjoyed by pockets of people around the world – Africa included … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Economic growth, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, Africa, economic growth, prosperity, south africa, Target 4.4, WEF | 1 Comment

Gender Equality in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Posted on 19 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at the positive example Rwanda sets in promoting gender equality through its textbooks. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Equality, Gender, Learning, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, gender. equality, learning, rwanda, textbooks | 2 Comments

The 1994 Genocide as Taught in Rwanda’s Classrooms

Posted on 6 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at how textbook and curricula reforms in Rwanda have worked to cover the 1994 Genocide and instill the ideals of tolerance, unity and reconciliation in students. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published … Continue reading →